What’s standing between you and the growth your law firm deserves?

Without a proper evaluation, you could be missing key insights about your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. In this episode of Crushing Chaos with Law Firm Mentor, I’ll show you how to do a year-end SWOT analysis that sets you up for 2026.

You’ll learn how to:

• Leverage your strengths
• Fix weaknesses and remove bottlenecks
• Spot opportunities in your team and systems
• Protect against threats to next year’s goals
• Become the leader your team actually needs

End 2025 with clarity, not chaos.

Tune in now!

Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro

00:50 The importance of strong leadership

04:07 Becoming a better leader through SWOT analysis

05:47 Evaluating your strengths

11:03 Evaluating your weaknesses

21:33 Exploring opportunities

34:58 Assessing threats

45:37 Outro

Additional Resources:

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Crushing Chaos With Law Firm Mentor is a podcast aimed to help lawyers and law firm owners scale their business, make more money, and escape the 60-hour week grind for a life they love. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss a thing!

Most law firm owners grossly underestimate the impact of strategic financial planning.

They focus on bringing in more revenue, yet ignore the part of the business that actually drives lasting results: how you use and manage the money you already have. In this episode, I show you how to conduct a year-end audit so you can do more with what you have and be ready to seize every opportunity in 2026.

You’ll learn how to:

• Conduct a retrospective spending audit
• Free up cash and streamline your expenses
• Reconcile your revenue drivers
• Audit your vendor and contractor spend
• Build a 2026 spending blueprint

If you want to escape reactive mode and start making strategic decisions, this episode is for you.

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Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro

01:03 The importance of financial planning

03:46 Conducting a retrospective spending audit

09:33 Canceling unused or redundant subscriptions

13:42 Reconciling your revenue drivers

23:03 Auditing your vendor and contractor spend

28:09 Building a 2026 spending blueprint

33:18 Outro

Additional Resources:

⚡ Register now to unlock your FREE training series: https://lawfirmmentor.net/go/

✨ Unlock your firm’s full potential with our Law Firm Mentor membership: https://lawfirmmentor.net/membership/

⭐ Connect with us on socials:

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Crushing Chaos With Law Firm Mentor is a podcast aimed to help lawyers and law firm owners scale their business, make more money, and escape the 60-hour week grind for a life they love. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss a thing!

Still doing your own bookkeeping?

You’re costing your law firm time, money, and growth opportunities without even realizing it. In this episode, I break down the real cost of doing your own bookkeeping, why accurate financial data is essential for the health of your business, how to find the right bookkeeper for you, and how to automate your bookkeeping process for maximum efficiency.

You’ll learn how to:

• Recognize the hidden costs of handling your own bookkeeping
• Make confident business decisions with accurate financial data
• Hire a bookkeeper who adds strategic value, not just data entry
• Set up automations to save time and reduce chaos
• Analyze trends to optimize profit and growth

If you want to grow your law firm and make smarter decisions, this episode is for you.

Tune in!

Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro

02:13 Cost-benefit analysis of DIY bookkeeping

03:56 The importance of accurate financial data

06:50 Interviewing and evaluating bookkeepers

11:40 The value of historical financial analysis

14:01 Prioritizing automation for efficiency

17:27 Strategic planning

21:17 Outro

Additional Resources:

⚡ Register now to unlock your FREE training series: https://lawfirmmentor.net/go/

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Crushing Chaos With Law Firm Mentor is a podcast aimed to help lawyers and law firm owners scale their business, make more money, and escape the 60-hour week grind for a life they love. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss a thing!

If you’re serious about scaling your law firm in 2026, you need to start building better growth systems today.

In this episode, I sit down with Steve Fretzin, author of the best-selling book Legal Business Development Isn’t Rocket Science, to explore law firm growth strategies that actually work. He explains how lawyers can take control of their business development, structure their practice for efficiency, and grow their book of business without spinning their wheels.

You’ll learn how to:

• Build a law firm growth strategy that works for you
• Master time management and systems to focus your energy
• Drive business development through relationships, not pitching
• Target the right clients and decision-makers
• Turn actionable strategies from Steve’s book into real-world outcomes

This episode will completely change how you approach business development, so don’t miss out!

Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro

01:49 Steve’s background and transition to the legal industry

07:43 What Steve’s best-selling book offers to lawyers

12:21 Business development is a skill

13:30 Common challenges in legal business development

20:22 Steve’s legacy and future goals

23:19 Outro

Additional Resources:

⚡ Learn more about Steve Fretzin: https://fretzin.com/

⭐ Connect with Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefretzin/

⚡ Register now to unlock your FREE training series: https://lawfirmmentor.net/go/

✨ Unlock your firm’s full potential with our Law Firm Mentor membership: https://lawfirmmentor.net/membership/

⭐ Connect with us on socials:

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LawFirmMentor/

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Crushing Chaos With Law Firm Mentor is a podcast aimed to help lawyers and law firm owners scale their business, make more money, and escape the 60-hour week grind for a life they love. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss a thing!

Many law firm owners are stuck in a broken hiring cycle. They post the job, pray for applicants, settle for a candidate out of desperation, and then repeat.

It’s passive, it's reactive, and worst of all, it’s keeping your firm from growing.

The truth is that the best people are already working somewhere else.

The best people are already working somewhere. It's time to GOYA (Get Off Your Ass) and aggressively recruit them.

In today’s episode, I’m breaking down:

• How not to be passive in tight markets
• How to build a careers page that sells your firm
• How to write ads that speak to what top candidates really want
• How to use LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, and Indeed like a hiring pro
• Why “always be hiring” is a strategy

🎧 Tune in now and let’s start hiring smarter.

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Law firm hiring strategies in a tight market (01:09)

Creating a careers page on your website (05:28)

Running ads to your careers page (08:36)

Proactive use of job platforms (12:09)

Additional Resources:

⚡ Register now to unlock your FREE training series: https://lawfirmmentor.net/go/

✨ Unlock your firm’s full potential with our Law Firm Mentor membership: https://lawfirmmentor.net/membership/

⭐ Connect with us on socials:

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LawFirmMentor/

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Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/law-firm-mentor-llc/

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Crushing Chaos With Law Firm Mentor is a podcast aimed to help lawyers and law firm owners scale their business, make more money, and escape the 60-hour week grind for a life they love. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss a thing!

Do you feel like no one else can do your work as well as you?

Many law firm leaders are convinced that as soon as they let go of control (or let someone else shine in their place), their business and reputation will suffer.

Here’s the brutal truth. This mindset drives you to act from ego rather than strategy, all under the guise of maintaining control. Left unchecked, it can stall your growth and keep your law firm dependent on you.

That’s why today, I’ll show you:

• How to spot the inferior superior in yourself
• How ego-driven choices limit your law firm’s growth
• Why learning from others (even less experienced people) can be your advantage
• How to build a firm that thrives even without you

If you’re ready to let go of limiting beliefs and become a stronger law firm leader, this episode is for you.

Tune in now!

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Let’s talk about self-sabotage (02:59)

Strengths, but weaknesses too (09:40)

Why you need to overcome your ego (15:41)

How to recognize the ‘inferior superior’ (22:34)

Additional Resources:

⚡ Register now to unlock your FREE training series: https://lawfirmmentor.net/go/

✨ Unlock your firm’s full potential with our Law Firm Mentor membership: https://lawfirmmentor.net/membership/

⭐ Connect with us on socials:

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LawFirmMentor/

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Crushing Chaos With Law Firm Mentor is a podcast aimed to help lawyers and law firm owners scale their business, make more money, and escape the 60-hour week grind for a life they love. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss a thing!

Running a law firm isn’t just about cases… It’s about making your numbers work for you.

In this episode, I sit down with Danielle Hendon, the founder of 4 Corners CFO, to explore how law firm owners can take control of their finances, build profitable systems, and make confident money decisions without feeling judged.

You’ll learn how to:

• Read your numbers and the story behind them
• Build a budget and cash flow plan that sets clear expectations
• Structure compensation and incentives to protect profit and retain talent
• Shift your money mindset so that taking what you earn feels right
• Position your firm to thrive in 2026

This episode will change how you approach finances and how you see your firm, so don’t miss out.

Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro

04:06 What are your numbers saying?

08:55 The money mindset shift you need

11:10 Long-term perspective, budgeting, and the law of thirds

14:49 Marketing, profitability, and effective compensation models

21:53 Delegation and optimizing workflow

22:50 Cash flow management

28:04 How to be a financially successful business in 2026

29:19 Outro

Additional Resources:

✨ The 4 Corners CFO: https://4cornerscfo.com/

⚡ Register now to unlock your FREE training series: https://lawfirmmentor.net/go/

✨ Unlock your firm’s full potential with our Law Firm Mentor membership: https://lawfirmmentor.net/membership/

⭐ Connect with us on socials:

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LawFirmMentor/

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Crushing Chaos With Law Firm Mentor is a podcast aimed to help lawyers and law firm owners scale their business, make more money, and escape the 60-hour week grind for a life they love. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss a thing!

How can you promote yourself when you’re not a natural self-promoter?

This is the question I ask my guest on this week’s episode of Crushing Chaos With Law Firm Mentor, Steve Fretzin.

Steve is the premier business development coach for lawyers as well as the founder of FRETZIN, Inc. and host of the podcast Be That Lawyer. He has spent nearly two decades helping attorneys master business development.

Through his work, Steve offers lawyers like you strategic, relationship-driven, and refreshingly non-salesy approaches to growing their practices.

In this episode, Steve and I break down what it takes to promote yourself authentically and the power of great personal branding. We also talk about how to leverage LinkedIn for promotion, the importance of connecting hobbies to practice areas, and how AI can help even the most hesitant attorneys get started.

If you’re ready to scale your law firm, this episode is for you!

Tune in now.

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Meet Steve (01:09)

Climbing both sides of the business development mountain (02:53)

Personal branding for lawyers (06:05)

Where to start? (08:46)

AI for personal branding (13:36)

Networking when you’re not a natural (17:04)

Outro (22:23)

Additional Resources:

✨ Connect with Steve LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefretzin/

✨ Learn more about Steve’s work: https://fretzin.com/

⚡ Register now to unlock your FREE training series: https://lawfirmmentor.net/go/

✨ Unlock your firm’s full potential with our Law Firm Mentor membership: https://lawfirmmentor.net/membership/

⭐ Connect with us on socials:

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LawFirmMentor/

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/law_firm_mentor/

Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/law-firm-mentor-llc/

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Crushing Chaos With Law Firm Mentor is a podcast aimed to help lawyers and law firm owners scale their business, make more money, and escape the 60-hour week grind for a life they love. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss a thing!